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as in planting
to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set
a music teacher who strove to implant within his students a love of the classics
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as in embedding
to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter
the gemstone was poorly implanted in the setting, so it was constantly popping out
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Recent Examples of implanting
There are also concerns about implanting even primitive embryo models created from stem cells into anything that resembles a human womb.
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Rob Stein, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
For the very first time, researchers captured incredible real-time, three-dimensional images and videos of a human embryo implanting into artificial uterine tissue.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 23 Dec. 2025
To help Bacon get these abilities back, Keyoumars Ashkan, professor of neurosurgery, performed DBS on her, implanting electrodes in Bacon's brain and tracking her body’s reaction in real time.
—Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Printing new tissue While traditional bioprinting can already create tissues like cartilage and muscle, implanting them remains a major challenge.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
The two-hour surgery involved implanting a coin-sized chip beneath his skull, connected to over 1,000 electrodes that can read neural activity and translate it into digital commands.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Scientists have created cyborg embryos by implanting electrode arrays into the developing brains of frogs, mice, and salamanders.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2025
Rob Stein, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025
For the very first time, researchers captured incredible real-time, three-dimensional images and videos of a human embryo implanting into artificial uterine tissue.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 23 Dec. 2025
To help Bacon get these abilities back, Keyoumars Ashkan, professor of neurosurgery, performed DBS on her, implanting electrodes in Bacon's brain and tracking her body’s reaction in real time.
—Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Printing new tissue While traditional bioprinting can already create tissues like cartilage and muscle, implanting them remains a major challenge.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2025
The two-hour surgery involved implanting a coin-sized chip beneath his skull, connected to over 1,000 electrodes that can read neural activity and translate it into digital commands.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Scientists have created cyborg embryos by implanting electrode arrays into the developing brains of frogs, mice, and salamanders.
—IEEE Spectrum, 11 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implanting
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Her playing hard was getting dirty and working the land and planting seeds and cutting the flowers and the vegetables and then taking them and cooking something.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
1 Feb. 2026
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The process of planting the seeds straight into the ground is easy.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Feb. 2026
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The report goes further, explaining that most failures stem not from the models themselves, but from poor integration into real workflows, overreliance on generic tools, and a tendency for companies to treat AI as a standalone experiment rather than embedding it into core operations.—
Michael Wystrach,
Fortune,
29 Jan. 2026
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Phia already sits between more than 1 million users and 6,200 retail brands, embedding AI directly into consumers’ natural shopping flow, according to the company.—
Nicole Casperson,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The report states that the breeding population of bears is expanding into more cities and towns.—
Sasha Allen,
Hartford Courant,
31 Jan. 2026
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Nuka had lived at the Detroit Zoo from 2011 to 2022, and then was moved to the Toledo Zoo in 2022 for breeding efforts with female polar bear Crystal.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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When the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots on Sunday in the Super Bowl in the San Francisco Bay area, people in the La Grange Park area will have a local rooting interest.—
Pioneer Press,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2026
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For those of us who love to be aggrieved, just as much enjoyment can be found in rooting against a certain film.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2026
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This transformation of the former One Ocean Resort & Spa will bring a stylish new oceanfront lodging option to the Jacksonville area.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
3 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, spending at airlines and lodging more generally was up 3% and 5%, respectively, during the quarter, showing that the richest cardmembers are driving results.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Implanting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implanting. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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